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לַפִּיד

«לַפִּיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: torch — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 13 times · Key: 3940 · BDB: לַפִּיד

Glosses

torches (8); a.torch (4); lightning(s) (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

torch tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. torch tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Ju 15:4 torch (NH id.);—ל׳ abs. Ju 15:4; Is 62:1; cstr. Gn 15:17; Zc 12:6; pl. לַפִּידִים Ju 15:5 + 2 times, לַפִּידִם Ex 20:18, לַפִּדִים Ju 7:16 + 3 times; cstr. לַפִּידֵי Dn 10:6:—torch, Ju 7:16, 20; 15:4(×2), 5 (kindled, הִבְעִיר אֵשׁ בְּ׳); לַפִּיד אֵשׁ Gn 15:17 (+ תַּנּוּר עָשָׁן; JE), Zc 12:6 (sim. of conquering power of [chiefs of] Judah; ‖ בִּיּוֹר אֵשׁ), לַפִּידֵי אֵשׁ Dn 10:6 (sim. of eyes of angel in vision; ‖ וּפָנָיו כְּמַרְאֵה בָרָק); sim. of flashes (reflected from) darting chariots Na 2:5 (‖ בְּרָקִים); ל׳ of lightning-flashes Ex 20:18 (E; + קוֹלֹת thunder-peals); of flashing water-drops expelled by snortings of crocodile Jb 41:11 (‖ כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ); of flame between cherubim Ez 1:13 (‖ גַּחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ, אֵשׁ); sim. of Zion’s glorious deliverance Is 62:1 (‖ נֹגַהּ).—לַפִּיד Jb 12:5 v. sub פִּיד.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «לַפִּיד» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 41:11

מִ֭פִּיו לַפִּידִ֣ים יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ כִּיד֥וֹדֵי אֵ֝֗שׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃

Word for word: from mouth its torches they.go sparks of.fire they.escape

JPS 1917: Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.

Nahum 2:5

בַּֽחוּצוֹת֙ יִתְהוֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁק֖וּן בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת מַרְאֵיהֶן֙ כַּלַּפִּידִ֔ם כַּבְּרָקִ֖ים יְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃

Word for word: in the streets they.drive.madly the chariotry they rush.around in the.open places appearance their [are].like (the) torches like.(the) lightning flashes they.run.around

JPS 1917: The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings.

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